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Fatal unclassified road crash in Chesterfield S40 on 23 January 1982 at 15:47 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Chesterfield at 15:47 on Saturday 23 January 1982. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Jan 1982
Saturday, 15:47
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23646, longitude -1.42913, in the S40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesterfield.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982302C00169
Council area
Chesterfield
Police force
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1982302C00169 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chesterfield road accident statistics for 1982.